#Lexington and Concord

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LK 106: Look A Hamilton Pun Is Too Low-Hanging A Fruit

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She charisma's her way to front row seats and her first instinct is to look for James, the ship is sailing.

and he's looking for her omggggg

*scooby doo voice* Arooo?

This episode is just Adults Attempting To Herd Teenagers To The Kids' Table (And Failing.)

See at first I was vibing with Colonel Smith but now he's just assuming the Major's gonna be a Major Asshole.

Cousin Tom:

Cousin Tom's fatal mistake: He didn't tell his superior officer off for a dumbass idea in time.

the look of a man who just realized he fucked up.

Stands up with the colonel like she's one of them. The Phillipses are shining today.

IT WAS THIS GUY. HE'S THE BUTTERFLINT.

I love the juxtaposition of values here. The colonel caring about the principal of the thing, and Sarah caring about the people involved.

Okay first off you can't tell a Phillips to NOT ride or die for they fam.

He knows. He knows he doesn't have much time left. Who's comforting who here? Does he really believe those words or is he trying to give Sarah parting comfort and wisdom as he lays dying in her arms? A True Leader Of Men, cut down, but not before he made a difference in the lives of his men and his family.

The safe place is each other

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And romantically. He's wearing a brave, calm face but on the inside he's torn up about leaving behind the Frillips polycule. He worries for Lady Phillips' stability.

Ok byeeeeee

[rwwinton]

To celebrate the 249th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, my book, Let it Begin Here, is on sale!

You can purchase the ebook for $1.99 anywhere ebooks are sold! Also, if you have the time, please leave a review or rating. Reviews are extremely helpful for indie authors and I would greatly appreciate it!

One rash decision will lead him down the path toward revolution...

Nathaniel Hill, eldest son in a well-connected and respected English family, is offered two choices by his father after being caught in a compromising situation: public shame to force his good behavior, or to sever his family ties and leave on the first ship for the colonies in America. Rather than endure the life his father expects him to lead, he makes the choice to begin anew where he knows no one.

Landing in Boston, Massachusetts in 1772, he uses what money he has to purchase a tavern for a bargain price from a desperate seller, and sets about scraping together a life in a city he quickly realizes is on the verge of complete catastrophe. Though he attempts to remain neutral in the politics ripping at the city's foundations in the years that follow, he is destined to fail.

A musket, a British officer, a rebel spy network, and a dashing Frenchman are fated to disrupt his carefully-held neutrality.

[unfunnynascarfan]

bro im THIS CLOSE, THIS FUCKING CLOSE🤏TO LOSING IT I WAS A SPLIT SECOND AWAY FROM STOWAWAY BADGE😭

[illimitable-freedom]

Lexington and Concord, drawn by Earl & engraved by A. Doolittle 1775, re-engraved 1832 (x)

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Musket Balls Recovered From Site of First-Day Revolutionary War Battle

Almost 250 years ago, British soldiers marched in search of military supplies stockpiled by colonial rebels in Massachusetts and tension turned to bloodshed with battles at the towns of Lexington and Concord that began the Revolutionary War.

The fighting in Concord on April 19, 1775, was immortalized by legendary essayist and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson as “The Shot Heard Round the World.”

National Park Service archaeologists recently found five musket balls fired that day by colonial militia members, according to a news release from the federal agency.

“It’s incredible that we can stand here and hold what amounts to just a few seconds of history that changed the world almost 250 years ago,” Jarrad Fuoss, a ranger at Minute Man National Historical Park and a historic weapons specialist, said in the release. “These musket balls can be considered collectively as ‘The Shot Heard Round the World,’ and it is incredible that they have survived this long.”

The projectiles were found near the site of the North Bridge where British soldiers faced off against the militia members in the famed three-minute battle in Concord, the park service said.

“Further analysis of the musket balls indicates that each one was fired from the opposite side of the river and not dropped during the process of reloading,” park service officials said.

The recently discovered five musket balls will be on display at the park Saturday.

The fighting that led to the birth of the United States began that 1775 day with a short skirmish in Lexington, Massachusetts, in which eight militia members were killed and 10 were wounded.

The British continued to move to Concord to search a home for military supplies, leaving a contingent of about 100 soldiers at the North Bridge. As militia members approached, shots were fired by the British troops.

Historians say 18 men were killed or wounded in the battle at the bridge. The fighting that day at Lexington, Concord and other sites took the lives of more than 120 people.

By Steve Almasy.

[sassenashsworld]

I have just returned from a 4-day drive Montreal/Boston to follow the first steps of the American revolution and this man who I admire since I was a child and who still has grows within me with the fallout reference: John Hancock.

It was a beautiful journey full of revelations and I cannot recommend enough to people who have not done so to do it...

But as a fanfiction author, that’s another point of view that the journey has revealed to me. The shock SoSu gets when they comes out of the shelter must be even worse than anything I could have imagined because the Vermont, the New Hampshire and the Massachusetts are incredibly beautiful.

The respect for trees and nature in these regions is incredible and the pride of the inhabitants for their heritage as well.

There is not a corner of everything I have seen that is not cared for and that the inhabitants do not care for with religious love and shining pride.

And I’ve seen a lot of them--even in just four days.

I already had the intention to rewrite my fanfiction because I have developed a lot my English since I started it, but there may be major changes...

I think that this love and pride of Boston and the surrounding area, faced with the destruction of everything that was important in the America Spirit is something major.

Look forward to the new version of Silver’s adventures, there will be a complete change up-- (and at the same time, the next chapter of Heartbeat should come out soon)

[nordleuchten]

The First Days of September

We left Portsmouth for Boston, as already stated, at midnight and arrived there at two o’ clock; we set out again at four, through Lexington, Lancaster, Worcester, Tolland, and Hartford. In each of these places, Lafayette received from all the citizens evidences of regard, which vividly affected him, but to which he had scarce time to respond, so rapid was our journey. We slept the first night at the charming country house of Mr. Wilder, near Boston, whose kind hospitality will never be effaced from our memory.

Auguste Levasseur, Lafayette in America in 1824 and 1825; or Journal of Travels in the United States, Translated from the French, Volume 1, New-York, 1829, p. 81.

Celebrations in Lexington

Celebrations in Concord

Celebrations in Bolton

In other news, the French Ambassy to America is really, really committed to this Bicentennial. I never thought I would recommend subscribing to their YouTube channel … but there might some very good videos/shorts coming in the future.

[silliestcolressfan]

Coughs

George Harris (oc—Captain. Also a ghost)

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[indynerdgirl]

Concord Hymn by Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1837

By the rude bridge that arched the flood,

Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,

Here once the embattled farmers stood,

And fired the shot heard round the world.

The foe long since in silence slept;

Alike the conqueror silent sleeps;

And Time the ruined bridge has swept;

Down the dark stream which seaward creeps.

On this green bank, by this soft stream,

We set today a votive stone;

That memory may their deed redeem,

When, like our sires, our sons are gone.

Spirit, that made those heroes dare,

To die, and leave their children free,

Bid Time and Nature gently spare

The shaft we raise to them and thee.

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Should have stayed this way.

[tricornonthecob]

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LK 106: Hit me with your best shot heard round the world

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too good for this world. too pure. Ensign Baker Lieutenant (Captain?) Phillips just did not deserve it.

ohhhh my heart. I love them, your honor.

I just feel like "perfectly" is a relative word, here.

Girl just legs it up the wall. Was there no way around it?

Sarah rn.

Girl neither was the way you hoofed it over the wall, keep up.

Her motto.

Well that wasn't exactly what he had in mind...

Oh fine, make a liar out of me, PBS Kids.

Who would win? 1,000 soldiers, or 1 journalism intern.

To be fair it does kind of seem a bit overkill to send that many soldiers if you're just seizing some guns, i get the sense the British Empire never really learned what the term de-escalation means.

There they are, England's finest Stock Foote-age.

Famous last words.

650 budget-saving soldiers

"...through this gaping hole in my cover"

I love their dynamic goddammit just watch now I'm gonna write fanfic of these two except not get past the planning, Pinterest moodboard, and Spotify playlist phase.

I know we're never going to know but I am so damn curious which twitchy-ass person fumbled their flintlock.

Bruhh check out Cousin Tom taking command of the situation.

He's got his game face on. I bet underneath that loving cinnamon roll is a ferocious and capable Leader of Men.

You know I just don't think Lieutenant Johnson is nearly the soldier that Cousin Tom thought he was.

This is absolute prime bedrock for a hurt/comfort drabble.

Does anybody else feel like these commercial break cutaways have egregious Ken Burns Documentary energy to them.

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[unfunnynascarfan]

l&c update in 30 mins!!!!

[artofmyart]

Sketchaday #midnight

The midnight ride of Paul Revere (to warn colonists the British were coming!)

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The American Revolutionary War was not Revolutionary.

The American Revolutionary War was not Revolutionary and how the war effected the American political live until this day

The American Revolutionary Wars for American Independence was a conflict fought between the second Continental Congress/Confederate States of America or the United Confederate States of America from 1775 with the first battles at Concord and Lexington and the conflict’s conclusion in 1783. The American Revolution is remembered in popular culture, particularly in the United States, as a…

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